An incisive and powerful critique of A Possible Anthropology, written with verve and grace by @YoLingChen. It isn't easy to absorb a critique, but the questions are crucial and will stay with me. "Would this other anthropology look any different?" I'll be wrestling with this Q.

If the attentive nurturing of unexpected kinships is Anand Pandian's invitation to a possible anthropology, then @YoLingChen insists we crack this field of possibilities wide open. Read this necessary & richly inspiring critique. Footnotes.

BIPOC Survival – A Conversation about the Malignant Intersection of Narcissism & Racism in Anthropology & Academia between @AudreTaughtMe2 & Anar Parikh, PhD 🇵🇸 footnotesblog.com/2020/09/07/bip… Footnotes.

Guest Post: Raising Our Concerns: Reflections on AAA 2020 footnotesblog.com/2021/02/03/rai…

For those concerned about the state of anthropology (and those who wasted brainspace on that SciAm piece), an absolute must-read:

Please read this important statement from Anthro Response Cauldron about an appalling series of events & patterns of behavior: "Once again, the leadership at AAA continues to demonstrate its complete disregard and contempt for its membership."

Stop what you're doing and read this important, insightful, incisive reflection on what went wrong with the AAA's #RaisingOurVoices 2020 virtual conference. Authors ask the important question: who does the AAA serve? footnotesblog.com/2021/02/03/rai…

The authors of this Footnotes. piece highlight not only the zoombombing and poor security measures at the conference, but the fallout, the thoughtful paths not taken, the refusal to listen, the apparent inability to learn from a litany of mistakes. footnotesblog.com/2021/02/03/rai…

Grateful to Footnotes. for publishing this, to the authors for writing it, & for everyone doing the work of holding the AAA to account/pushing it to do better. (Post centers on the virtual conference, but is really about who matters to the org) footnotesblog.com/2021/02/03/rai…

—TODAY ON FOOTNOTES— The Anthro Response Cauldron critically analyzes the 2020 American Anthropological Association virtual conference. The ARC highlights the general negligence of AAA leadership, as well as their failure to address safety, governance, & equity concerns. footnotesblog.com/2021/02/03/rai…

Important to underscore “the notion that the AAA is out of touch is not surprising” bc of its repeated offenses i.e., “AAA community message boards have disseminated slurs/abuses; sexism, ableism, harassment & other forms of violence/misconduct occur at in-person mtgs (& within..

As we head towards internal elections, and conversations continue over the direction & role of American Anthropological Association, useful to be reminded of how an organisation should *not* treat its members...

I was just on a fantastic podcast by Thilini Prasadika w/ my comrade @dtpowis. We talk about multimodal anthropology, precarity in academia (w/ a s/o to United Campus Workers Arizona!), anticapitalism, Footnotes., & more! Basically everything you'd expect from us! youtu.be/kNt2w6DO5oM

Nice piece: "That's Enough about Tim Ingold!: A Millennial's Response" footnotesblog.com/2018/06/29/tha… via Footnotes.

@MikeAfricaJr1 𝘢𝘈𝘭𝘪𝘺. Join us in pressuring Penn and Penn Museum admin to meet the demands of the Africa family. Email prompt here- docs.google.com/document/d/1ZM…

Guest Post: Feeling like “Colored Me” and the Inequities in the Intellectual Formation of Anthropologists [Embodying Reciprocity Series] footnotesblog.com/2020/06/24/gue… via Footnotes.